SONIC RIDERS
Disclaimer: I do not own the sonic characters, just the OC's
Chapter Five: Storm on Ice
On the Babylon Rogues airship, Jet was sitting at his desk in his room, looking between his crystal box and the light-blue chaos emerald that they stole from Metal City. "Hmm...I just wonder if I can trust Eggman. He does know the secret of Babylon and how to find it, but how can I be sure that he won't steal the treasure once we find it?" Jet thought. "Wow! Are you actually thinking?" Wave's voice came up next to him. The sudden appearance of Wave surprised Jet and caused him to fall back in his chair and Make him drop the control box on the floor.
"I'm sorry. Here, let me get that." Wave said as she reached for the crystal box. "No. let me get it." Jet said as he reached for the crystal box. Wave's hand touched the crystal box first and Jet's hand landed on top of hers. Wave and Jet were surprised at this moment and looked at each other in the eyes. "Uh...your hand is touching mine." Wave said embarrassingly. "Uh-huh." Jet said simply. "Are you going to move it?" Wave asked. "No." Jet replied. Jet and Wave closed their eyes and moved their heads closer to each other. This is the moment Jet had been dreaming of for a long time and didn't plan on letting anything ruin it. Unfortunately for him, his special moment was ruined when loud thumps could be heard outside his door.
"Hey, Boss!" Storm yelled as he flung the doors open. Storm's sudden intrusion caused Jet and Wave to jump up in surprise and cause them to land on their backs. Storm didn't pay any attention to Wave being there and started to bang Jet's desk like a madman. "Boss? T-The masked dude beat me, in the race...!" Storm yelled. Jet pulled himself up with his desk and seemed to be very irritated with Storm. Wave gets up from the floor and walks next to Storm.
"Man, you really ARE worthless." Wave said. Storm growled at her for a moment before turning back to Jet. "Boss, it wasn't my fault! H-he must've cheated; that's it. He must've used some special type of Gear!" Storm said frantically. "Bad move, Storm." Jet thought. "What?! Are you implying that you lost because of MY Gear?! No one can tune a Gear the way I can! Accept it, buddy - it's not the board; your skills just suck." Wave said in anger.
Wave's insult about his skills had caught Storm by surprise. "W-wh... W-wha? S... S... S-Suck?" Storm stuttered. "Yes. S-U-C-K. Suck." Wave spelled it out for him. "Su... su... su" Storm continued to stutter. Jet was becoming irritated with the fight and quickly interrupted. "Stop it!! Now, let's get down to business. I believe our colleague, Eggman... He's gotta be hiding something. And you know... I don't like secrets, so I've got a job for you, Storm." Jet said
Storm quickly forgot his argument with Wave and faced Jet. "Sure." Storm said. "I want you to sneak into Eggman's base, and find out what he's hiding there! Make sure you look carefully." Jet instructed. Storm saluted Jet and started to walk away. "Hey, before you go... Bring something back, or don't return at all." Jet ordered. "Yes, SIR!!" Storm shouted as he blazed out of the room. On his way out, Storm slammed the door shut, which knocked a picture of Jet's father off the wall and onto Jet. "AHHH!!" Jet screamed. Jet was furious and threw the picture off him, picked up his desk and threw it out the window. "That's the fourth desk and third window we lost this week." Wave said.
Storm had arrived at Eggman's new base, which turned out to be a factory in the Arctic. The place was covered in ice and there were security and racer robots all around the place. Storm had been exploring the factory for a while now and had absolutely no idea what he was looking for. "I have to find something or the boss won't let me come back." Storm said to himself. Storm was about to walk around the corner, but noticed a security robot headed his way and hid behind the wall.
Storm was lucky enough to get behind the wall in time before the robot had seen it. The robot searched the area for a while before moving on. "That was close. As long as I don't make a sound, everything will be ok." Storm thought. Thanks to Storm's clumsiness and lack of attention, Storm didn't notice the Hurricane on the ground in front of him. Storm stepped on the Hurricane and fell on his back as it shot up in the air. The Hurricane fell to the ground with a loud thump. Seeing that the robot did not notice the sound, Storm gave out a sigh of relief. The robot heard the sigh and noticed Storm.
"Security alert! Security alert! Intruder found on level one!" the robot shouted. "Oh, come on." Storm complained. Just then, seven racer robots came out of nowhere and began to chase Storm. Storm jumped on the Hurricane and raced for his life. Storm then noticed a road below them that looked similar to the one back at the Egg Factory. Storm jumped off the road to land on the track with the robot riders following close behind him.
Storm and the robots first started off by going down a large slope before jumping off a large ramp. Storm decided to show off by performing a back-flip with a right spin. Storm landed safely on the track and was still being followed by four of the racer robots. The three missing robots were trying to outdo Storm by performing tricks of their own, but they either fell in the gap or crashed into the wall and destoryed themselves.
Storm made a sharp turn and found that the track was blocked by a security robot. "Stay out of my way!" Storm yelled. Storm pulled back his fist and delivered a hard punch through the security robot, destroying it. Storm slowed down at a sharp turn before turning and speeding up again. The two of the robots followed Storms example and slowed down to make the turn. But the other two did not slow down and crashed straight into the wall.
Storm was headed for a large ramp and angled the Hurricane to jump off the ramp and land on the upper level. One of the robots was able to follow him, but the other landed on the lower level of the track. Storm looked back to see only one robot still keeping up with him. "They are just as annoying as that masked guy." Storm said. Storm looked forward to see that he was headed for a section of fan blades running through the track. Storm had no problem getting through them, as he used his incredible strength to punch through them. The robot wasn't as lucky as it was cut to pieces by the blades.
Storm found a pulley and grabbed on to it to allow himself to be carried upwards and across the entire factory. Once he got off the pulley, he noticed a large tower shaped like Eggman's ungly face just up ahead. "He ought to have something there." Storm said. Storm raced to the tower until he felt something bang the back of the Hurricane. Storm looked back to find that it was the robot that disappeared in an earlier part of the track.
The robot kept banging the back of the Hurricane, hoping to knock Storm off of it. Storm did his best to stay on the Hurricane as he noticed that they came closer to the final ramp. The robot also noticed this and they both said "Uh-oh" Storm and the robot jump off the ramp and were sent hurtling in the air. Storm knew he wouldn't make it by himself, so he decided to get help from the robot. Storm turned around and pulled back his fist to send it straight through the robot's chest area. The attack caused the robot to explode, which allowed Storm enough force to make it across the gap.
Storm had landed on the other side of the track and continued on towards the tower he saw earlier. When Storm had arrived at the tower, he stopped at the entrance and jumped off the hurricane. "There has to be something good here." Storm said. Storm entered the tower and decided to take the stairs all the way up to the top floor. Once Storm had reached Eggman's computer room, he collapsed to the frozen floor from exhaustion. "Next time, I'm taking the elevator." Storm said.
After taking a few minute to catch his breath, Storm walked over to the computer and tried to access it. Unfortunately for him, it required a password. "What was that password Wave told me to enter?" Asked himself "Remember, Storm. When you reach the computer room, enter the password. the password is Maria." Storm remembered Wave telling him. Storm typed in the password into the computer and it opened a file into Eggman's diary. "Wow. Eggman's diary. I better save this." Storm said as he placed a small disk into the computer. After the disk was done recording the information, Storm quickly took it and left, before he was discovered.
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